New members of the Mauritius forum, introduce yourselves here - 2019

Hi Julian

Im from Zimbabwe looking to move to Mauritius in the next year or two. I am 33 and have 3 kids. I am qualified in Sports coaching and Physical education and been doing it for 13 years now. Hopefully can find a job in Mauritius so we can relocate.

Also pretty much open to other Jobs if need be.

Hope everyone is doing well and had a nice Easter!

Hi, I'm a Zambian passport holder. Looking to start a business in Mauritius. And move with my dog. It all seems a little daunting.

How long is the approval process once everything is handed in? (For occupation permit)

To continue my yoga business.  Could I teach from the same house I rent?

If I plan to work from home, can I use the investment to cover rentals?

I would
Ike help with getting everything ready as a self employed expat

HI I'm Sarah

Hi there

My name is Meg from Nairobi Kenya. I moved here to be with my partner who lives and works here. It's amazing but also lonely.

Hoping to meet some friends

Hello, we are a family of 5 from Ballito S.A and are planning to be in Mauritius in 2020. We love island living and are so excited to move.
How does domestic help work??the costs and times??
Is it easy to find reliable help with kids and cleaning ect??
Mauritius brings new opportunities for our young family and we can't wait to be apart of mauritan culture.

My  facebook name ...  *** ... you can addmeif  you  want

Hi Everyone!

I'm very pleased to be on the forum, I found a lot of intresting information already on living on the island. I don't know if I might have introduced myself before, but if not, here we go!

My name is Katrien, married to Frederik and we have four wonderful babies of 10, 12, 14 and 16 years old. We just bought our plane tickets to Mauritius from August to November, and are looking for accomodation right now. We seek to escape the rush in Belgium just for a while, prospect some business opportunities (Training & Consultancy in Change Management, Leadership, Lean and Six Sigma Process Improvement and Negotiation Skills), maybe write a book(let), unwind, redirect our lives again. We will be homeschooling our children and hopefully learn a lot about Mauritius, it's nature and it's culture.

We have been living in Indonesia (1yr), Guatemala (1/2yr), India (1/2 yr), Ireland (1/2yr), Trinidad WI (1/2yr), Singapore (1yr) and Italy (1,5yr) before, but for the last fifteen years we somehow fell asleep in Belgium.

I'm a Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology who has been working in education ever since I can remember and my husband is a Civil Mining Engineer who dedicates himself independently now to training in process improvement and negotiation. We speak Dutch, English, French and some Italian, Spanish and Indonesian.  All life changing inside information on surviving in Mauritius will be welcome!

An maybe we'll meet soon...

Welcome to MU....
Sure you'll enjoy it here

Hi!
I'm Prashant Mehta from India with my wife.
My son married a Mauritian girl and they are living here with my grandson.
Now we're planning to stay here for longer.
Yes! It's the most beautiful place to stay,cool breeze,calm people...no noise at all...here wind & sea is tranquilizing experience.
One has to adapt to food & travelling is costliest.
I'm an experienced biology teacher now retired but continued online/one on one.
My wife is house wife & very good vegetarian cook.
If you need any assistance/help please call before arrival on my ***
It'll be a please helping/assisting you & family.

Grace & Peace with Love to you all
Prashant Mehta

Hi Everyone,

Currently resident in Mauritius. Well I'm Jyotishnah but I prefer Jyo.
Ive been working for a group of hotels for more than 2 years now and I freelance in Content Creation and Social media.
Feel free to add me and inbox me for collaborations and lets partner up to know one another

thank you

Hi!
I'm Prashant Mehta.
I was a teacher & now learning content writing.
Will you please help?
Thank you!

Hi, I lived in South Africa for 20 years, UK London for 12 years then moved to Mauritius last month. I work as an IT consultant in Quatre Bornes. I would like to make some expat friends in Mauritius as we would have a lot in common.

Julien, thank you for inviting us.
Yes, I'm a newbie.  Not just to expat Mauritius, but also to "social media".  Like many, I'm considering emigrating to Mauritius/île Maurice, as a retired single person.  I'm doing my research, trying to find helpful contacts, just like other people here.   
I am sure that I am not the only person who needs a little "hand holding".  I don't suppose my questions/concerns/needs are much different to others...?
Of course one can find immigration lawyers etc., find most of the info we need on the 'net... And I'm sure anyone who is serious about relocating doesn't mind investing a few rupees for good, kind, fair and thoughtful advice.  Is there something like that exists in Mauritius?
Best regards, cordialement

Alan (undependent).

Hi Julien.
and ALL Expat.com Team,
Thank you and Good Evening.
I am 64 years old married have a son and a daughter. We stayed in the UK for the last 25 years. Now me and my wife we have decided to move back to Mauritius. We both worked in the Property, rental, sales, development and management in the UK. Now back in Mauritius we will continue in the same business.
We have setup our office in Sodnac, Quatre Bornes and we are pleased to register our BR Court with Expat.com.

Thanks
Balkrishna

Hi Jo
I may be interested in collaboration with you. I am I. Flic-en-flac. I am also starting a social media business. I'm a graphic designer. You can WhatsApp me on *** or email me ***

Hey I am from South Africa in KZN. I am a PhD scholar visiting one the University here on Mauritius. Looking for a friend.
My name Is Thabo.

I have two small children, one big one (my husband) and a dog. My eldest has classic infantile autism, is non verbal and has adhd. My youngest is obsessed with the gruffalo and is currently hunting snakes and foxes in a forest in England.

We own our business, although I have a marketing degree and would like to retrain as a teacher.

We are hoping to move to Mauritius next year at the end of the school year. Provided of course there is educational provision for my son...

Me too I'm from Nigeria but lived in the USA all my life,would love to make friends if you don't mind.

Good day everyone.
My name is Francois. My Wife and I are looking at options outside of South Africa to move and work.I am a qualified electrician with mechanical and electrical experience in FMCG and sheet metal.
I have 17 years experience in my trade.

My Wife is a maths teacher with a brilliant track record.

If anyone could maby help with where to start looking for work or have contacts to getting an interview?

I have registered my profile on myjob.mu but are there people on the forum that could give advice?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Look at the option of starting your own company over there instead and become an employer. They need tradesman like us...

FrancoislakeneS wrote:

Good day everyone.
My name is Francois. My Wife and I are looking at options outside of South Africa to move and work.I am a qualified electrician with mechanical and electrical experience in FMCG and sheet metal.
I have 17 years experience in my trade.

My Wife is a maths teacher with a brilliant track record.

If anyone could maby help with where to start looking for work or have contacts to getting an interview?

I have registered my profile on myjob.mu but are there people on the forum that could give advice?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Two options there for you,

Either look for work or start your own company specialising in your trade.

Thing is there are conditions attached for each one. In the case of finding a job, a prospective will have to pay you at least MUR 60,000/month and prove that your profile type is not available on the island. This is where your experience and select job knowledge can help you. You will have to put this forward as much as possible when you contact businesses looking to recruit people.

There are many big infrastructure and engineering projects going on right now on the island and you can find your way in. Major companies are Rey & Lenferna, Chantier Naval de l'Ocean Indien, GIBB, Mootin Engineering, Forges Tardieu Ltd, etc.
Then you have the biggest building contractors as well like General Construction Ltd. Building and Civil Engineering Group, Hyvec Partners, Nundun Gopee Ltd, Rehm Grineker Ltd, Gamma Civic, Transinvest Ltd, Pad & Co. Ltd, RBRB Construction Ltd, etc.

Regarding setting up your own business, as an investor, you will be met with conditions on your investment and annual turnover that you will have to reach to meet the requirements of an investor permit. Another condition is that your business should not eat into the trade of local enterprises meaning you will have to showcase innovation and new approaches.

Check this out for more:
http://www.edbmauritius.org/work-and-li … ce-permit/

Hi there,

Ki maniere? :-)

My name is Sabrina and I am a German qualified lawyer living and working in Luxembourg.

I have already been several Times in Mauritius. Beginning of this year I was even there for about 3 months. I definitely fell in love with this beautiful Island and its amazingly friendly and open minded people.
Therefore, I am now considering to move to Mauritius.

As such I am looking for a job in either the finance sector, where I can benefit from my current work experience,  or in the tourism industry, where I can benefit from my Client relationship skills and develop further in a complete new sector.

Any advice or Feedback would be more than appreciated.

Thanks a lot and look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers
Sabrina

Are you knowledgeable in this area because of the forum or do you have offline experience?

Hi,
Not sure if your question is for me, but if so: yes, I am experienced in the finance sector. I am working almost 4 years as corporate secretary in the Luxembourg fund industry. No, I do not have any knowledge in the tourism industry but I Think my experience with creating and keeping good client relationships will Help a lot in developing quickly.
Have a great day!
Cheers,
Sabrina

Hi everybody,

I am french, 49yo. I am willing to move to Mauritius with my partner within the next 6 months. My ideal plan would be to invest in the hospitality/tourism business such as a guest house, water activities, take away restaurant.
I have been working in several african countries for the past 13 years as General Manager for Mobile Telecom operators, and would now seek for a better quality of life which I bet i can found in this beautiful island.
Any proposal and/or advices will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks !
Eric

Hello Eric

I believe it is a great idea and profitable  business. I am myselfy in the tourism sector, car Rental business and its working fine for me so far.

We can also work together if you are coming to mauritius and launching your business.

My facebook page "alskycars"

Thanks and good luck

ETR69 wrote:

Hi everybody,

I am french, 49yo. I am willing to move to Mauritius with my partner within the next 6 months. My ideal plan would be to invest in the hospitality/tourism business such as a guest house, water activities, take away restaurant.
I have been working in several african countries for the past 13 years as General Manager for Mobile Telecom operators, and would now seek for a better quality of life which I bet i can found in this beautiful island.
Any proposal and/or advices will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks !
Eric

There are certain restrictions as far as a foreigner is concerned to undertake certain activities in the Tourism field such as guesthouses and water activities.  Check one the government sites to know what is allowed.

http://www.tourismauthority.mu/userfile … 0House.pdf

http://www.tourismauthority.mu/en/licen … ce-14.html

Hi External,

Thanks for your reply and the useful links. I knew there were some restrictions but was struggling to find the relevant info. Thanks again.
Best
Eric

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I will visit your webpage and will definitely get back to you.
Thanks again,
Eric

I am a dependent moved here this year,i am a nutritionist by profession currently looking for a job. i have one child four yrs old.  I come from Kenya so is my husband.
Being in Mauritius has really been one of the dreams come true, considering the beautiful environment, finding a job has been hard though.Ill keep searching all the same.

You are welcome I'm.also looking for friends,just moved here

Thanks Julien,

My name is Manoëlla. I moved in Mauritius just over 2 years ago. Still trying to adapt.  I have got a Villa in Blue- Bay called Villa Bella. I would like to meet more people like me who have moved here but doesn't anyone.

Hi

I am Sumit Mehta, reallocated to Mauritius 1 month back. I am from Finance background  with working experience of 13 years. I am looking for some friends here as living alone is very hard in a new country. Planning to shift my family in 1-2 months. If any one is interested to be my friend, he/she is most welcome.

Dear Sir
A proper list of property agents who have houses / villas for sales for non citizens would be very helpful.  We would like to buy a house / villa on the north or western side, close to good schools, medical centres, etc.
Thank you

Karenza

Hey - i'm in the same boat (from London) moving next week, would love to sync up!

I am Magnus oguejiofor,a Nigerian wants to live and work in Mauritius

Hi ALL
I am from Cape Town.
Living in Flic en Flac. Would love to meet like minded people. My hobby & activity interests  are :  cycling, running, hiking, painting, cooking.

I am self employed working on residential construction development.

Mostly wanting to build a social life.

Yazmin Limbada